Category: City Council
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CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES
BY DONNA WESTFALL Two slots up for grabs come this November. Four candidates plus 1 incumbent are running. They are: current Councilmember, Rich Enea, running for re-election, and the following four candidates; Joe Aliotti, Dennis Sutton, Dave Slagle and Blake Inscore all confirmed by County Clerk, Alissia Northrup. Interviews have been conducted so far with Joe Aliotti and…
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Sewer Loan/Rates: Misinformation And Sound Bites Coming From The City Council, Not The Citizens
BY KATHERINE KELLY Here we go again. According to the Triplicate article, Bleak Report on City Sewer Debt, it’s the same old story, different council. To hear Mayor Rick Holley decry citizen opposition to the latest proposals on fixing what they broke in 2007 as misinformation and sound bites, and having Councilman Rich Enea belt…
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WHISTLE BLOWERS WELCOME HERE
BY DONNA WESTFALL The Crescent City-Del Norte County Taxpayers Association has been created. There will be a meeting announced soon. Fundraising has been well received by the community. Referendums to take the latest sewer rate increase to the ballot will be circulated starting July 3rd. 167 valid signatures are required from CITY ONLY REGISTERED VOTERS. …
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SEWER RATES TO RISE AGAIN; OR WILL THEY?
BY DONNA WESTFALL HERE IS THE SAMPLE OF A BALLOT FOR PROTESTING THE UPCOMING SEWER RATE INCREASE. Feel free to make copies and pass them out. But get them to me so we can tabulate and make copies to double check against the City’s count. Until the City Council deems it a priority to…
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STATE OF JEFFERSON
BY DONNA WESTFALL Have you heard? There are those who want to break away from the State of California and create an entirely new state, the State of Jefferson (SOJ). Should Del Norte County join about 18 other counties in Northern California and create the State of Jefferson (and possibly include some southern Oregon counties)? There…
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING CANCELLED FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD
What’s going on? The City Council cancelled their August 26th meeting to discuss the water rates and now they’re cancelling their September 3rd meeting.
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CONFIDENTIALITY, WHISTLE BLOWERS AND CORRUPTION
BY DONNA WESTFALL – August 4, 2013 I wonder about the people in our area understanding the concept of confidentiality. It’s to keep something private and secret. It’s to protect information, identities, or legal agreements. As a Medi-Cal Specialist for Long Term Care the last 19 years, I have to keep my clients information confidential.…
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FINANCE DIRECTOR LEAVING
Have you ever heard of Firebaugh? It’s a city in Fresno County with about 7,550 population. At 7 pm today’s date June 27th, the temperature is 95 degrees. Here’s their Press Release: Firebaugh City Council Appoints New City Manager. At its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 17th, the Firebaugh City Council appointed Kenneth McDonald as City…
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IMPORTANT! CALL GOV. BROWN TODAY 916 445-2841
BY DONNA WESTFALL ALSO CREDIT TO DONNA FRYE FROM CALIFORNIANS AWARE For any of you that have ever presented our Crescent City, City Hall or Del Norte County with a records request and were ignored, please read the following article. I remember reading a public records request from Jessie Salisbury about 5 years ago that…
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BID ON THE MAY 20TH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
[cincopa AcPAfKbjnnq8] Once again the majority of the Crescent City, City Council members ignore the continuing saga of complaints by merchants in the Business Improvement District about assessments. Pleas and complaints to terminate the BID are about as effective as banging ones head against the wall. The council members who seem intent on retaining BID (Schellong,…